detrain

From de- +‎ train.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.tɹeɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

detrain (third-person singular simple present detrains, present participle detraining, simple past and past participle detrained)

1. (rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark.

   If you plan to detrain at the next stop, please begin gathering your belongings.

   • 1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:

     Here my party detrained, but the train proceeded to Souk Ahras via Duvivier.

   • 2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 49:

     Arriving at York under the station's magnificent curved roof is always a delight. Detraining, I ponder my next move.

2. (rail transport, transitive) To remove (a passenger or passengers) from a train; to evacuate (passengers) from a train.

   Following the accident passengers were detrained through the rear cab.

   • 1961 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122:

     The trouble occurred on the 10.5 a.m. Paddington-Bristol trip, when gangers' tools left on the track near Swindon punctured one of the unit's fuel tanks and the passengers had to be detrained to wait for the down "Merchant Venturer".

3. (of an athlete) To reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
4. (meteorology) To transfer air from an organized air current to the surrounding atmosphere.

   Coordinate term: entrain

• (antonym(s) of “to exit from a train”): entrain

• antired, natride, tan ride, trade in, trade-in, trained